Summer Retreat June 13-16, 2024
We are so excited about our Summer Retreat at Lake Junaluska at the Lambuth Inn.
Our retreat includes all food, room (if signed up for a room), swag bag and classes. Price is per person. Check in will be on Thursday @4pm and dinner is served from 5:30-7:00pm. We will have a meeting room for classes and vendors.
Buffets are served. Breakfast 7:30-9:00am, Lunch 12:00-1:30pm, Dinner 5:30-7:00pm.
Vendors will be open Saturday 10-5.
Friends & Fiberworks (mobile unit as a vendor), will be open every day during the retreat. We will have all the yarns needed to complete all classes and knit a longs for sale.
A private shopping experience at Friends & Fiberworks Saturday 6:30-8:30pm.
Emre Koc, owner of Yarnster, (think of Urth yarns) will be with us this weekend with a trunk show and showing us their new yarns.
Yonca Ozbelli from Universal Yarns will be with us all weekend with a trunk show and presentation of yarns and Muud Bags.
Various times over the weekend we will have Spinning & Weaving Demos, as well as Circular Knitters, Dyeing and 2 Cricuts. Chair massages w/Beth will be available.
Double Room $725 per person, please let us know who your roommate is. Single Room $975 per person. Double Room with 1 retreater $1275. Day Retreat (no room, classes and food only) $375.00
Thursday
Check in @4:00pm
Meet & Greet 4:00-5:00pm
4:45pm-5:15 Yonca presents Universal & Muud Trunk Show
5:20pm Group Picture in front of the Lambuth Inn
5:00-7:30pm Dinner
7:30-8:30pm Soap Sack w/Betty-1 skein cotton yarn with matching needle
Social Knitting
Friday
7:30-9am Breakfast
8:30-9:15am Yoga w/Cynthia on the porch.
All day drop in to Cricut your bag w/Liz
9:30-11:30 Intro to Patterning Hat Class w/Crystal, 1 skein worsted weight yarn
9:00-12:00pm Drop in & Weave w/ Stacy
11:30-12:00pm Yoga for stitchers w/Cynthia on the porch
All day drop in and make a hat on a circular knitter w/Meg 1 skein of worsted weight yarn
12:00-1:30pm Lunch
1:00-3:00pm Part 1 Beginning Double Knitting with Cyndi Stained Glass Scarf 1 ball Tsubame, 1 ball Akari Solid, or 2 skeins Uneek worsted 2 Rios.
3:00-5:00pm 2 handed Fair Isle w/Crystal 2 contrasting yarns with matching needle
4:00-5:00pm Tunsian Entrelac w/Jean Cherub Aran Print (for Neck warmer) size I Hook or (2 skeins of Silk Garden Sock, or Offbeat for a scarf)
5:00pm Emre presents Urth Trunk Show
5:30-7:00pm Dinner
Social Knitting
7:00-8:00pm Madryn Cowl w/Sandy using 2 skeins Uneek, or 2 skeins Kathmandu Aran and size us 8 needle
7:00-8:00 Spin a long w/Stacy
8:00pm Have you ever thought about a knitting machine demo w/Crystal
Saturday
7:30-9am Breakfast
8:30-9:15am Yoga with Cynthia on the porch.
All day drop in and dye your skein of yarn w/AnneMarie
All day drop in and make a hat on a circular knitter w/Meg 1 skein of worsted weight yarn
9:00-12:00pm Spin a long w/Liz
9:00-12:00pm Entrelac in the Round w/Roberta-1 skein Wizard us 9 needle
9:30-11:30 Fix it/Oops class w/Crystal
11:30-12:00pm Yoga for stitchers w/Cynthia on the porch
12:00-1:30pm Lunch
1:00-2:00 Part 2 Beginning Double Knitting with Cyndi Stained Glass Scarf
2:00-5:00pm Entrelac in the Round w/Roberta-1 skein Wizard us 9 needle
2:00-5:00pm Drop in & Weave with Stacy
1:30-3:30pm Finishing w/Crystal
5:30-7:00 pm Dinner
6:30-8:30 Private shopping experience at Friends & Fiberworks
7:00-8:00pm Spin a long w/Stacy
7:00-8:00pm Part 2 Madryn Cowl w/Sandy using 2 skeins Uneek, or 2 skeins Kathmandu Aran and size us 8 needle and size us 8 needle
7:30-8:30 Part 2 Tunsian Entrelac w/Jean Cherub Aran Print (for Neck warmer) size I Hook or (2 skeins of Silk Garden Sock, or Offbeat for a scarf)
Social Knitting
Sunday
7:30-9am Breakfast
Finish up and goodbye till next time!
11:00am Check out
From rocking chairs on the front porch to quaint parlors, the Lambuth Inn is just right for guests looking for historic charm and an old-world feel.
Built in 1921, Lake Junaluska’s “stately lady” is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A renovation in 2018 added modern conveniences while preserving the inn’s historic details and atmosphere. Stroll through the gardens to nearby Inspiration Point to watch the sunset over the lake and mountains.
Handicap-accessible rooms and rooms with walk-in showers available.
Room amenities include coffee makers, flat-screen TVs and free wireless Internet.
Elegant lobby and parlors. On-site meeting rooms.
Access to the Lake Junaluska Fitness Center and seasonal outdoor pool.
Refunds minus $25 admin fee can be processed up till May 12th. No refunds can be given after May 13th.
See ya soon-Lisa, Robert & the FFW Staff
